"Hello, out there?" Hendon asked as she waved at the teen after he didn't answer her question.

The teen eventually told the judge he participated in the attack of his own free will, that no one forced him to join in and that he was not afraid of being labeled an outcast or sissy if he refused. He has no prior juvenile record.

The teens involved have been sentenced to a variety of punishments because the case has been handled by two different judges.

The first two teenagers got probation, had to write a book report and serve 10 days on a work detail.